From the late president who was at the time the air force commander. Younger i was a bit with a wonderful wife who is sitting right here and two lovely children. My third child was born later, said today i am of the father of three children, a grandfather of , the eldestildren is serving in the air force, of course and his name is jonathan. [applause] in 1976, i was a law student and litigator in the air force at the reserve forces and an employee as a navigator. On the afternoon of thursday, june the first i received a critical phone call telling me to attend a military briefing the next day at 2 00 p. M. I left home friday afternoon, driving very carefully to my base. I knew what the briefing must be about, knowing the prime knew there was only one option. We were flying. Once that ran through my mind again and again, i wanted to be the lead litigator for the mission. Why . Because in the air force we are taught to take responsibility. The opportunity to lead this mission would be a